Thread: How well does your V8 Disco tow?

Different gas conversions give vastly varying results.

Got a mate who has a V8 3.9 Discovery and tows a 2.5t wakeboard boat.....veery slowly and painfully...he hates it.

Ray,

Mine is slow on hills. Steep sections going from Colac To Apollo bay i go back to 2nd. 1st gear at 2000 revs seems a bit slow, I would of thought that it should be able to rev a little higher.

how well do they tow?? no where near as good as a chipped TD5

the last thing i towed up the gap was a ford customline and 2 351 motors, i stopped and changed to low range half way up, that was a stock 3.5 S1 disco.
on the flat it was ok, would happily hold 100kph.

cheers phil

I had a 95 Disco that was standard except for a set of extractors and a 2.5" exhaust. Used to tow a 16ft fibreglass half cabin with it and it went like stink! Hardly knew it was on the back except when slowing. Could easily hold some cars from a standing start.... a few surprised folks used to look across and see me... still there matey!

Only excitement i ever had with it was when some moron in a little buzz box cut infront of me in the city.... filling my nice stopping gap with a small lump of metal. It was very nearly a foot shorter.... but my ABS kicked in and pulled us up well.

Cheers

Chris

I recently towed a tri axle trailer and a tractor with water filled tyres, close to the 3.5 tonne limit, was managing 90 kph on the highway, did the hills ok with a run up.
3.9 V8 on Gas. --- (Scorcher Dizzy though).
It impressed the bro inlaw so he bought a disco too

Hi Everyone.

I bought a D2 V8 5 speed to tow my dingo and trailer and was always extremely dissapointed with the performance and particularly the fuel economy. It ran on straight petrol and I expected it to have loads of torque for towing but it was a wet blanket!!!!

My biggest problem with the injected V8s is that it seems that in an attempt to make the cars smoother, Land Rover have removed ALL of the throttle sensitivity. I have never driven a multipoint injected engine which was so soft and unresposive. (landrover mechanics who drove it thought it went very well!!??)

I have ended up selling the disco (still miss the quiet ride and electronic eveything) and bought a 300Tdi Defender 130. It uses less fuel, can run vegetable oil or WVO and after injection pump tweaks (which I can do myself!) the turbo diesels have ALOT more torque for towing. I can now put the dingo on the tray and tow an excavator on the trailer. Defender struggles abit uphills fully loaded but will do 120-130 on the flat and unbelievably will still overtake with 3.5tons load! (mind you that might be more the terribly slow drivers on the highway out here)

GET A DIESEL!!!!

Want to add... i now have a 95 Def and much prefer it for towing... although i now no longer have a boat

Will concur, when towing go the diesel.

chris